Great news Liverpool fans! Owner says Suarez, Sturridge and Sterling will be at Anfield for a long time John Henry Liverpool owner John W Henry says that Luis Suarez did have a £40m buyout clause in his contract, but because player contracts dont mean much in football he wont be forced to sell the clubs star players. Speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in the United States, Henry discussed the situation that arose last summer when Arsenal attempted to sign Suarez by triggering the clause in his contract. Luis Suarez is the top scorer in the English Premier League, which is arguably the top soccer league in the world, Henry said. He had a buyout clause of £40m. Arsenal, one of our prime rivals – this year were tied for second... were actually second because of goal difference. They [Arsenal] offered £40m plus £1. What weve found... is that contracts dont seem to mean a lot in England. Actually, in world football. It doesnt matter how long a players contract is, he can decide hes leaving. We sold a player, Fernando Torres, for £50m, that we didnt want to sell, we were forced to. Since apparently those contracts dont seem to hold, we took the position that were just not selling. We have three gentlemen up front in Suarez, Sterling, Sturridge. They are young. I think Luis or actually those three could be together for a long time. talksport
Posted on: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:00:00 +0000
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